Annbank Circular 11 May

 Alan, Allan, Davie C, Davie Mc, Gus, Hugh, Jimmy, Johnny, Paul, Rex

Isla was in the huff!

       

There was a cool wind blowing as we set off from Annbank Bowling Club for our very familiar walk to Auchincruive. It was to be a clockwise walk today and, given the recent rain, we were expecting parts of the path to be very muddy.

Nonetheless, we passed Privick Mill and headed along the riverside before taking the higher path, on the advice of  Derval Davie, on towards our coffee stop at the fishermens’ shelter. Creatures of habit, or what? Not long after we were crossing Tarholm Bridge and making our way towards the Wallace and Burns monument for lunch. This section was muddy at the usual sections, but we have encountered much worse and, to be honest, the underfoot conditions were not too bad at all. We had stayed high as far as possible and made our lunch stop just after midday.

 Plenty of wild garlic on the walk today

It was here that Isla showed us that not only could she give paws, but she could give high-fives as well. Mind you, she struggled a wee bit juggling with Davie’s flask. Britain’s Got Talent beckons!

Twenty minutes later and with Davie and Alan having cleared the area of litter, we set off on the shorter return leg. Crossing over the river, Davie and Isla took the riverside path whilst the rest followed Paul up past Oswald House and on to the track that we had taken (in the opposite direction) when we were last here (9^th March). As usual, the last hill up to the cars was a challenge for some after having already done seven and a half miles but we all reached our destination just after one o’clock. Three hours and five minutes for the quickest amongst us, and we had been lucky with the weather.

FRT was taken outside at the Tap o’ the Brae where the banter was good. We hope Hugh enjoyed the fresh air and that he will have thawed out by next week!

Rhodie at Auchincruive

Isla tales a brief  rest